There are very few moments in any given day where I am not acutely aware of my voice, good and bad. Often, I wonder what others are thinking when they hear me speak. This goes back to several years of misdiagnosis and being told it was all in my mind. I now know the truth, but old habits are hard to break.Last night, I, along with a few others, were helping at a wedding rehearsal dinner. My SD symptoms were evident and the others had a hard time hearing me. When the spasms kick in, the louder I try to talk, the more evident the spasms. So, I had a quieter voice with sound breaks, not a good combination. At the end of the evening, I overheard one lady talking to another. The first was expressing serious concern over her inability to hear. She was very concerned that she was losing her hearing and was determined to make an appointment with a doctor in the very near future. I quickly assured her that it was not her. I told her that I am very hard to hear. Much to her relief and much to my amusement, I realized that while I was wondering what she was thinking about my "problem", she was actually thinking it was her own.
